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| Author: | JohnSheridan [ Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Laptop or Netbook? |
My niece has asked if I can get her a laptop/netbook for Christmas. Now from what I can gather she wants to use it for word, excel, general web browsing and Facebook. Question is should I go for a Netbook or a cheap laptop? Thoughts? Has anyone got a netbook they can comment on? |
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| Author: | TheHobgob [ Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laptop or Netbook? |
It depends,if you can stretch to £350 then most defiantly a laptop, if £250 is breaking the bank its a netbook. Whats the budget? Hobgob. |
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| Author: | JohnSheridan [ Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laptop or Netbook? |
Well can push the boat out to max of £400 |
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| Author: | vdbswong [ Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laptop or Netbook? |
How old is your niece and how "serious" is the work it's going to be used for? If it's for uni or for a situation where she's moving away and is relying on that as the only computer, i'd get the laptop. Typing up a uni report on a laptop isn't exactly the best, and i can imagine that on a netbook with its even smaller keyboard and screen to be much worse  .
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| Author: | pcernie [ Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laptop or Netbook? |
I suppose a good question is how often she'll want stuff installing on it or if she'll want a DVD drive for whatever... |
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| Author: | TheHobgob [ Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laptop or Netbook? |
For £400 you can get some pretty good laptops nowadays, I would say its no even a question, laptop all the way. Horizontal scrolling = FAIL! Hobgob. |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laptop or Netbook? |
I think the main question is where will she be using it? Carrying around a 14" laptop with a 2hr battery life is a lot less fun than carrying something a fraction the size with with a battery that lasts all day. As to screen resolution, my netbook is 1280x768 exactly the same as my laptop. It's just the pixels are a quarter the size. I'm guessing your niece still has decent eyesight? A compromise will always have to be made. I rather like the look of the Dell Inspiron 11z which is a "big netbook", but still has 1366 x 768 screen resolution and is just in budget. It also comes in pink. I've never actually used one though - I just like the look of it! |
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laptop or Netbook? |
As much as I love my Eee PC 1000 running Ubuntu I'd say cheap dual-core laptop, she'll appreciate the screen estate much more, especially if multi-tasking with MSN open etc. |
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| Author: | JohnSheridan [ Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laptop or Netbook? |
Using it at her home. She is at what I would have called "High School" - not sure what they call it nowadays. Sounds like a cheapish laptop is the way to go - was thinking about this one http://www.dabs.com/products/samsung-r5 ... 0-46290000 or possibly this Asus (but running Win Vista ) http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-t4200 ... 0-46290000
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laptop or Netbook? |
Another possibility, although for the extra I'd probably go for the ASUS you linked to. Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 (1.83MHz) Processor 2GB DDR2 667 Memory 160GB SATA Hard Drive DVDRW optical drive ATI Radeon X3100 128M/512MB 15.4" WXGA CrystalView Screen (1280x1024) Intel PRO Wireless LAN 3945 a/b/g Windows Vista Premium. http://www.portableuniverse.co.uk/All+L ... I2515.html Vista again, but then TBH I'd rather have Vista than a Celery (Celeron). |
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:03 pm ] | |||||||||
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1) Tell your niece you're not made of money. 2) Laptop over Netbook every time. |
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| Author: | JohnSheridan [ Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laptop or Netbook? |
She is not usually too bad - in fairness she has not asked for much at Christmas before so don't mind pushing the boat out for her for a change. My nephew, on the other hand, thinks money comes on trees 
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| Author: | TheHobgob [ Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laptop or Netbook? |
The Asus would be a better bet, you could upgrade it to windows 7. Most manufacturers will supply you with an upgrade disk but it may be worth phoning them first. PB would like to charge your £20 p&p! Hobgob. |
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| Author: | jonlumb [ Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Laptop or Netbook? |
I would like to nominate the Toshiba NB200 in the netbook category. We've got them in work and they are really nice machines; notably better than the NB100 they have succeeded. I should point out that I do tech support for Toshiba, so I am somewhat biased 
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